Disability-Owned Business Grants funding

Disability-Owned Business Grants 2026

Browse open grant programs for entrepreneurs with disabilities and disability-owned businesses in 2026, sorted by award size, with deadlines and eligibility at a glance.

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Accessibility, assistive technology, and business-formation grants for founders with disabilities, sorted by award size.

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Browse open grant programs for entrepreneurs with disabilities and disability-owned businesses in 2026, sorted by award size, with deadlines and eligibility at a glance. Use this page as your shortlist, then jump into the intake wizard so Forrest can narrow the list to the programs you are most likely to win.

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American Association on Health and Disability Frederick J. Krause Scholarship

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Disability-Owned Business Grants 2026

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American Association on Health and Disability Frederick J. Krause Scholarship

New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services Training and Apprenticeship Support

Grants for Employees with Disabilities Program

Alabama Vocational Rehabilitation Service Self-Employment Support

New Jersey State Council on the Arts Local Arts Program

WV SBDC — Business Counseling for Disabled Entrepreneurs

Assistive Technology Partnership Services at Work

Disability:IN Supplier Inclusion Program

Disability-Owned Businesses Registry

Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Self-Employment Support

Blind Business Enterprises of Nevada

Kentucky MWBE Certification – Disability (under MWBE Program)

CEI – Small Business Lending for Disability-Owned Businesses (Maine Statewide)

Ohio STABLE Account

Synergies Work i2i Business Incubator

Disability:IN – DOBE® (Disability-Owned Business Enterprise) Certification

North Dakota Vocational Rehabilitation Self-Employment Policy Support

Disability:IN Disability-Owned Business Registry

Minnesota ABLE Plan — Tax-Advantaged Savings for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities

Utah State Office of Rehabilitation (USOR) – VR Self-Employment Program

Oklahoma STABLE Account

NC AgrAbility Direct Assistance for Farmers with Disabilities

Washington Equitable Access to Credit (EAC) Program – CDFI Loans for People with Disabilities

New Hampshire VR Self-Employment Support

Texas Workforce Commission – Vocational Rehabilitation Self-Employment Program

Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Self-Employment Support

Minnesota SBDC — Business Advising for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities

Maine Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBVI) – Business Enterprise Program

Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Vocational Rehabilitation

Disability:IN — Supplier Diversity Certification for Disability-Owned Businesses

Nevada Services to the Blind and Visually Impaired

NJDOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Emerging Small Business Enterprise Certification

PA Business One-Stop Shop Disability-Owned Business Resources

Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities — Partners with Business

South Dakota Service to the Blind and Visually Impaired Vocational Rehabilitation

BrainWorks Customized Self-Employment Program

Connecticut BESB Business Enterprise Program

Wyoming Division of Vocational Rehabilitation — Self-Employment Support

Synergies Work Seed Fund

Washington State ABLE Savings Program – Self-Employment Savings

Oregon Vocational Rehabilitation Self-Employment Services

SBA Resources for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities

New Hampshire Vocational Rehabilitation Employment Services

Illinois DRS Self-Employment Support

Community Ventures – Small Business Lending for Disability-Owned Businesses

Georgia VR Self-Employment Services

New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services

VA Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment (VR&E) — Chapter 31 Self-Employment Track

Small Business Linked Investments for Tomorrow (LIFT) – Disability Track

SSA Plan to Achieve Self-Support

Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities Vocational Rehabilitation Self-Employment Services

Ohio Administrative Code Self-Employment Services for VR Participants

South Dakota Employment First Technical Assistance

VA Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment (VR&E) — Self-Employment for MS Veterans with Disabilities

Achieva Charitable Residual Program

Oklahoma Business Enterprise Program

PA ABLE Savings Program

Rhode Island Self-Employment Business Incubator

Northwest Access Fund – Small Business Resources for People with Disabilities

Kawerak Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation Self-Employment Support

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